red rectangular ground; two sheets of blue paper glued on top; upper piece is a piece of sheet music painted light blue with yellow and orange design; lower section has abstract floral design in orange, yellow, green and blue on blue background; metallic gold design on top of both pieces and overlapping onto red

%C2%A9 1999 Steven Sorman

oh, i'm (LXVIII), 1999

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For Steven Sorman, drawing demands an orchestration of diverse processes and media. His multifaceted approach blends rich color, sinuous lines, fluid shapes, and an instinctive sense of compositional rhythm to create abstractions that are unabashedly ornamental and visually alluring. He often employs collage techniques to emphasize the materiality and surface qualities of his mixed-media drawings, such as integrating fine Japanese and handmade papers as organizational elements. Despite their complexity, his drawings possess an aesthetic and compositional harmony that often expresses a sense of serenity, allowing the eye and mind to experience form, color, and material independent of narrative or representation.

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Title
oh, i'm (LXVIII)
Artist Life
born 1948
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2014.12.4
Provenance
The artist; [Flanders Contemporary , Minneapois, sold to Root]; Michael and Tamara Root, Minneapolis (2000-2014); given to MIA, 2014.
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red rectangular ground; two sheets of blue paper glued on top; upper piece is a piece of sheet music painted light blue with yellow and orange design; lower section has abstract floral design in orange, yellow, green and blue on blue background; metallic gold design on top of both pieces and overlapping onto red

© 1999 Steven Sorman

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